NJCAA Region 8 Baseball/Softball Notebook: March 7

Photo courtesy of Florida SouthWestern State College

Mar 07, 2017

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (March 7, 2017) – The Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) has released its NJCAA Region 8 Baseball and Softball Coaches’ Polls for March 7 and Player and Pitcher of the Week selections for games played February 27-March 5.

The next poll and player of the week selections will be released March 14.

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NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Coaches’ PollMarch 7, 2017

The NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Coaches’ Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2017 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by Region 8 baseball coaches, the FCSAA Baseball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.

The NJCAA Region 8 Softball Coaches’ Poll, with number of first-place votes in parentheses, 2017 record, previous ranking and total points in voting by Region 8 softball coaches, the FCSAA Softball Chair and the FCSAA Scoreboard Coordinator.

Rank

Team

Record

Pts

Pvs

1.

Chipola (22)

30-1

220

1

2.

Florida SouthWestern

28-3

194

2

3t.

Central Florida

25-6

165

3

3t.

Seminole State

25-2

165

4

5.

Northwest Florida State

24-6

120

5

6.

Indian River State

23-10

113

6

7.

Daytona State

19-7

78

10

8.

Gulf Coast State

15-8

56

9

9.

Tallahassee

13-7

52

7

10.

Santa Fe

12-7

26

8

Also receiving votes: St. Petersburg 9, St. Johns River State 3, Pensacola State 2.

NJCAA Region 8 Baseball Player of the WeekNick Owens, St. Johns River StateSophomore – SSCharlotte, N.C.

Batted .833 (5-for-6) with nine runs scored, one home run and three RBIs in three games during the voting period

Also drew four walks

Hit safely and scored at least twice in all three games – all wins – vs. Seminole State

Was 2-for-4 with four runs scored, a homer and three RBIs in game two vs. Seminole State